Rory's Stats

My little Miss Rory. Her 9 month Dr.'s appointment was this morning. She weighed in at 15lbs 10oz! She gained a whole pound in a month! She was also 26 inches tall. That put her 3rd - 5th percent for weight and 10th - 25th for height. She is crawling like a pro and pulling up on everything (not always a good thing!) and is starting to cruise around on the furniture. It's amazing how fast they learn all these things! She is also very chatty and loves to imitate the sounds you make. She can go forever with the coping the sounds! I totally love it. She is starting to wave a people now (instead of just "hailing" them) and whenever anyone says "Yay!" she claps her hands. She is super ticklish and follows Cadence EVERYWHERE. Cadence is not always happy about this and is telling me that she needs "privacy" and that Rory needs to leave her alone for a while. :o) Ah, the plight of the oldest child! Something I understand all to well. For the most part they love doing things together, especially wrestling on the floor and playing on the keyboard.

Thankfully Rory didn't need any shots this visit, though the did need to poke her toe and check her iron levels. She was boarder line low, but the Dr recommended that we give her more table foods that have iron instead of a supplement (thank heavens!). That will be easy since Rory eats everything you giver her to try. The girl even likes grapefruit! She loves her greens and meat too, so getting more iron in her system shouldn't be a problem. Rory was trooper about getting her toe poked. She just kind of watched with a pout on her face and then spent the better part of 10 minutes trying to get the Band-Aids off. She succeeded and held them up for my

inspection. :o) She chattered at the Dr and held really still while she listened to everything and check her ears. Rory is getting more teeth (joy of joys). The Dr counted 4 more that look like they are trying to come in. So fun! I knew something was up since she is drooling like a puppy and biting everyone.

In the end she got a clean bill of health, though they wanted to check her iron again at a year. It's amazing to think that in three short months Rory will be one! I better get started on planning a party!